There's money for your shop. Claim it in minutes.

Billions of government dollars are available to help American machine shops, but it's scattered across programs and requires hours of paperwork no one has time for. Many eligible manufacturers never apply. Algedon finds what you qualify for, makes your application quick and easy, and gives you clear answers and instructions through the process.

$5.5B+
Annual Capital Mapped
~80%
Of Businesses Don't Claim the Money
NY + Fed
Expanding Nationwide
Problem

Modern shops deserve modern grant processing.

Government capital for manufacturers is widely available, but often a hassle to discover and apply for. We're here to get the funds delivered.

The money exists. It doesn't have to take up all your time to find it.

Every program has a different portal, a different application, and different rules. We consolidate the information in one place and give you clear answers.

200 pages of forms to maybe qualify.

An SBA 504 loan takes three months of paperwork. Shop owners already work long hours, and government agencies don't have the bandwidth to help. You don't know if you qualify until you've already spent 100 hours on the process.

Nobody tells you what's available.

Government agencies don't push capital to the people who need it. There's no alert when a new grant opens, no dashboard for your geography, no way to know what changed. If you don't already know where to look, you don't look.

Product

Onboard and Discover What's Available

Fill out one common intake form with your information, and we match that against every program in the database to give you a scored, sourced answer.

V0 Preview — Capital Snapshot Dashboard
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Estimated Accessible Capital
$2,340,000
across 8 programs · Buffalo, NY · CNC Machine Shop · 12 FTE
$1,850,000
Loans
$390,000
Grants
$100,000
Abatements

Matched Programs

SBA 504 LoanU.S. Small Business Administration
Loan up to $1,000,000 High
SBA 7(a) LoanU.S. Small Business Administration
Loan up to $500,000 High
NY REDC Capital FundEmpire State Development
Grant up to $250,000 Medium
SBA MARC LoanU.S. Small Business Administration
Loan up to $350,000 High
NY Manufacturing AssistanceNY Dept. of Economic Development
Grant up to $140,000 Medium
IDA PILOT AbatementErie County IDA
Abatement ~$100,000 High
V0 Preview — Program Explorer
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Program Agency Type Max Amount Geography
SBA 504 Loan Program U.S. SBA Loan $5,500,000 Federal
SBA 7(a) Loan Program U.S. SBA Loan $5,000,000 Federal
SBA MARC Loan U.S. SBA Loan $5,000,000 Federal
NY Manufacturing Assistance NY ESD Grant $1,000,000 NY State
NY REDC Capital Fund NY ESD Grant $500,000 NY State
NY SSBCI NY ESD Loan $100,000 NY State
IDA PILOT Program Local IDAs Abatement varies NY State
NYSERDA FlexTech NYSERDA Cost Share varies NY State
V0 Preview — Ask Algedon
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I'm buying a retiring guy's shop in Buffalo. 3 HAAS machines, small building. What money is out there?
For buying an existing shop with building and equipment in Buffalo, three programs fit well:

1. SBA 504 Loan [sba.gov] — A bank covers 50%, a CDC backed by SBA covers 40%, and you put down 10%. Designed specifically for buying buildings and heavy equipment.

2. NY REDC Capital Fund [esd.ny.gov] — Matching grants up to $500K for manufacturing projects in Upstate NY. Competitive application — they score on job creation, capital investment, and regional fit.

3. IDA PILOT Abatement [ecidany.com] — Erie County will cut your property taxes for years if you're investing in manufacturing. Cuts your carrying costs from day one.

Confidence: HIGH — all three actively funded for this exact use case
Which ones don't need me to sign on my house?
Two of the three don't touch your personal assets. The IDA PILOT is a tax abatement, not a loan — your house stays out of it. The REDC grant has no personal guarantee requirement, just job creation and investment commitments.

The SBA 504 does require a personal guarantee if you own 20%+ of the business [13 CFR 120.160]. That's standard across SBA programs. One way to reduce your personal exposure: use the SBA 7(a) [sba.gov] for smaller amounts — lenders have more flexibility on collateral when the loan is under $350K and cash flow is strong.

Confidence: HIGH for IDA/REDC · HIGH for SBA guarantee rules
How It Works

From "I heard there might be a grant" to a sourced answer in seconds.

We do the work that used to take three months and a consultant.

We index every program

Federal, state, and municipal — continuously updated. Every program structured by eligibility rules, capital type, obligations, and geography. Not a link farm. A real database.

You describe your shop

Location, headcount, what you're buying, how much you need. Takes five minutes. We score you against every program in the system and rank what fits.

You get a capital snapshot

Every program you likely qualify for — loans, grants, guarantees, tax credits — in one view. Like a financial aid letter, but for your shop. With confidence levels and obligations in plain language.

Ask anything

Don't want to read statute text? Ask in plain English. Every answer sourced and cited from official program materials. No hallucination, no guessing. Just the rules, explained clearly.

Early Access

Stop leaving money on the table.

Whether you're opening your first shop, buying an existing one, or looking for capital to expand — if you make things, there's money you're not seeing. We're building the tool to fix that. Get in early.

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